DIY-stained concrete???

[ELVIS]

anyone? so I still gotta rent the machine to remove the hardwoods that our dog ruined. my homie asked me if I had considered just staining the concrete. I assume I would need to scrape/sand/buff the slab before doing this. just thought I might like this better than laminate. anyone with any info?

god bless.

[Craizie]

anyone? so I still gotta rent the machine to remove the hardwoods that our dog ruined. my homie asked me if I had considered just staining the concrete. I assume I would need to scrape/sand/buff the slab before doing this. just thought I might like this better than laminate. anyone with any info?

god bless.

It's cold as shit in the winter. Better get out your flippy floppies.

[black2002ls]

If you have to sand the slab, you better plan to move out of your place, completely, until it is done. seal off the HVAC ducts and any rooms not getting the stained concrete.

If your floors are glued down, it is going to be a chore to get all of that glue removed

[GeorgeG.]

If you have to sand the slab, you better plan to move out of your place, completely, until it is done. seal off the HVAC ducts and any rooms not getting the stained concrete.

If your floors are glued down, it is going to be a chore to get all of that glue removed

This. That concrete dust will get into EVERYTHING! They (tool mfg's) most likely have a vac accessory that you can attach to the sander/grinder to catch a lot of it but I'm sure you'll still get some dust not caught by the vac.

Back when I stained our media room, I used a diamond blade on a skill saw to cut 4'x4' grooves into the floor. I could've got the vac attachment but opted not to...big mistake!

And like said above, with the glue, you might as well just lay tile down. It's going to take a lot of prep to get all of the glue out of the concrete so that it doesn't show on the stain.

[ELVIS]

If you have to sand the slab, you better plan to move out of your place, completely, until it is done. seal off the HVAC ducts and any rooms not getting the stained concrete.

If your floors are glued down, it is going to be a chore to get all of that glue removed

This. That concrete dust will get into EVERYTHING! They (tool mfg's) most likely have a vac accessory that you can attach to the sander/grinder to catch a lot of it but I'm sure you'll still get some dust not caught by the vac.

Back when I stained our media room, I used a diamond blade on a skill saw to cut 4'x4' grooves into the floor. I could've got the vac attachment but opted not to...big mistake!

And like said above, with the glue, you might as well just lay tile down. It's going to take a lot of prep to get all of the glue out of the concrete so that it doesn't show on the stain.

exactly the info I was looking for! laminate it is! thanks gents!!!

god bless.

[black2002ls]

exactly the info I was looking for! laminate it is! thanks gents!!!

god bless.

No problem! I deal with grinding slabs for floors on a weekly basis!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

[GeorgeG.]

Well, it's not a lost cause yet. You could start out with a little less aggressive approach.

Depending on the size of the room, you could get a floor buffer with a scrubbing pad. The one I used was black. Run some water on the floor to help with lubrication and just keep scrubbing. Add water as necessary. The grit that comes off will also work as an abrasive to scrub the glue off. It might be helpful to have someone operate a wet vac to help keep water away from the walls but it works. I also did this to scrub my floors to remove glue and paint from the concrete. Granted with carpet, there's isn't that much glue but I did have a lot of paint (Whoever built the built in shelves in this room decided to paint them in the middle of the room...with a sprayer). This was a 20x25 room so getting a floor buffer in there was easy to work with.

The floor buffer method also will not remove the top layer of concrete, which is what the acid stain reacts to chemically. Grinding will remove the concrete and most likely expose more of the aggregate(gravel) that the stain does not react to.

It might be worth a shot. Stained floors look awesome, just don't get the junk stain from HD or Lowes.

[yellowstang]

Screw all the prep work for stain. One word: Paint